A Unified Grand Tour of Theoretical Physics, 2nd editionA unified account of the principles of theoretical physics, A Unified Grand Tour of Theoretical Physics, Second Edition stresses the inter-relationships between areas that are usually treated as independent. The profound unifying influence of geometrical ideas, the powerful formal similarities between statistical mechanics and quantum field theory, |
Contents
The Ways of Nature | 1 |
2 Geometry | 6 |
3 Classical Physics in Galilean and Minkowski Spacetimes | 45 |
4 General Relativity and Gravitation | 83 |
5 Quantum Theory | 107 |
6 Second Quantization and Quantum Field Theory | 130 |
7 Relativistic Wave Equations and Field Theories | 140 |
8 Forces Connections and Gauge Fields | 179 |
12 Unified Gauge Theories of the Fundamental Interactions | 295 |
13 Solitons and So On | 346 |
14 The Early Universe | 379 |
15 An Introduction to String Theory | 425 |
Some Snapshots of the Tour | 501 |
Appendices | 518 |
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9 Interacting Relativistic Field Theories | 199 |
10 Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics | 235 |
11 Phase Transitions | 266 |
Back Cover | 555 |
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